The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announced that they will be inducting former Pitcher, Jeff Francis to their ranks this year.

From Vancouver, Francis played in the Majors for 11 seasons, most notably with the Colorado Rockies, where he was an upper rotation starter for three seasons (2005-07).  Francis also played for Kansas City, Cincinnati, Oakland, New York (AL), and Toronto, and had a lifetime record of 72-82 and 869 Strikeouts.  

As there were no official ceremony in 2020 due to COVID-19, Francis will be inducted alongside the Class of 2020, which consists of Jacques Doucet (broadcaster), Justin Morneau, John Olerud and Duane Ward.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like congratulate Jeff Francis for earning this honor.

The College Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the Class of 2021, which will comprise of six former players and two coaches.

The new inductees are:

Len Bias, Maryland 1982-86:  One of the best athletes in Terrapin history, Bias was a two-time ACC Player of the Year, and was a Consensus First Team All-American in 1986.  Bias tragically died two days after he was taken second overall by the Boston Celtics from a cocaine overdose.

Rick Byrd, Coach, Lincoln Memorial 1983-86 & Belmont 1986-2019:  Byrd retired last year with a record of 805-402 and was named the NAIA Coach of the Year in 1995.  

David Greenwood, UCLA 1975-79:  Greenwood was twice a Consensus First Team All-American and was a two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year.  He would later win an NBA Championship in 1990 with the Detroit Pistons.

Hersey Hawkins, Bradley 1984-88:  In his senior year, Hawkins led the NCAA in scoring, and was named the AP Player of the Year, the UPI Player of the Year, and also won the Oscar Robertson Trophy and Adolph Rupp Trophy.  Hawkins was also a former Consensus First Team All-American and was a two-time MVC Player of the Year.  He would later be named an All-Star as a pro in 1991 when he was with the Philadelphia 76ers.

Jim Jackson, Ohio State 1989-92:  With the Buckeyes, Jackson was a two-time Consensus All-American, two-time Big Ten Player of the Year, and he was named the UPI College Player of the Year in 1992. Jackson went on to have a 15-year NBA career spent over 12 NBA teams.

Antawn Jamison, North Carolina 1995-98:  Jamison was the ACC Player of the Year in 1998 and was also a Consensus First Team All-American and Consensus National Player of the Year.  As a pro, he would be a two-time All-Star and a Sixth Man of the Year.

Tom Penders, Coach, Tufts 1971-74, Columbia 1974-78, Fordham 1978-86, Rhode Island 1986-88, Texas 1988-98, George Washington 1998-01 & Houston 2004-10:  Penders would have an overall record of 649-437 and was the Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year in 1987.

Paul Pierce, Kansas 1995-98:  Pierce was a Consensus First Team All-American in 1998, and he would later go to ten All-Star Games in the NBA, as well as winning an NBA Championship with Boston in 2008.

The 2021 ceremony is tentatively scheduled for next November.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest members of the College Basketball Hall of Fame.

The Final Four is this weekend and what better way to celebrate that then by having the College Basketball Hall of Fame announce their Class of 2019.  This group consists of six former players and three former coaches.

They are:

Shane Battier:  Battier played at Duke where he would take the Blue Devils to the Final Four in 1999 and 2001.  In the latter appearance Duke would win the NCAA Championship and he was the consensus MVP as well as being the Final Four Most Outstanding Player.  Battier would later win two NBA Championships with the Miami Heat in 2012 and 2013.

Calbert Cheaney:  Cheaney played for the University of Indiana from 1989 to 1993 where he would take on the role as the team leader for the Hoosiers.  As a Senior, Cheaney would be named a First Team All-American, Big Ten Player of the Year and the National College Player of the Year.  He is the all time leader in school and Big Ten history.

Ernie DiGregorio:  DiGregorio played college ball at Providence where he would lead the Friars to a Final Four in 1970.  He would after be named the NBA Rookie of the Year.

Terry Dischinger:  Dischinger played three years at Purdue and as a Junior and Senior was a First Team All-American.  He averaged 28 Points per Game as a Boilermaker and he would go on to be a the NBA Rookie of the Year and a three time NBA All Star.

Homer Drew:  Drew had an overall coaching record of 640-428 that spanned from 1976 to 2011, and he achieved most of his fame helming Valparaiso from 1988 to 2011 (with the exception of the 2002/03 season).  He took the Crusaders to eight Mid-Con tournament wins and was named the Mid-Con Coach of the Year four times.

Larry Johnson:  Johnson was the NJCAA Player of the Year at Odessa and he would transfer to UNLV where he would help the Runnin’ Rebels win the 1990 NCAA Championship.  They would go undefeated the next season only to be upset by Duke in the Final Four but Johnson was the Naismith College Player of the Year in 1991.  He was the Big West Player of the Year in both of his years at UNLV.

Todd Lichti:  Lichti played at Stanford for four years where he was a Consensus Second Team All-American as a Senior (1989).  Lichti was also a four time First Team All Pac 10 player and after he left the school he was their all-time leading scorer.

Rick Majerus:  Majerus was the five time WAC Coach of the Year and he took Utah to the Final Four in 1998.  His coaching record was 517-215 while helming Marquette, Ball State, Utah and Saint Louis.

Lute Olson: Olson coached from 1973 to 2008 compiling a 781-280 record with Long Beach State, Iowa and Arizona.  He took the Hawkeyes to the Final Four in 1980 but it was with the Wildcats where he had his greatest success taking them to four Final Fours and the NCAA Championship in 1997.  Olson was already inducted in 2006 with 179 other people but the College Basketball Hall of Fame is now taking a more traditional approach with those from that class, hence his second induction.

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame will be announcing their class this weekend.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the members of the Class of 2019.

Three new additions have been added to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, two of which are very familiar faces to longtime Canadian baseball fans.

Pedro Martinez, who is already in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, now enters his second Baseball Hall. The native of the Dominican Republic pitched four seasons (1994-97) for the Montreal Expos where he compiled a 55-33 record with a 3.06 ERA. Martinez would win his first of three Cy Young Awards (1997) as an Expo.

Former Toronto Blue Jay, Lloyd Moseby, joins Martinez. Moseby was with the Jays for the entire decade of the 80’s where he was one third of an incredible outfield with George Bell and Jesse Barfield. As a Blue Jay, Moseby would win a Silver Slugger (1983) and had 1,319 Hits with 149 Home Runs. He was also an All Star in 1986.

The third inductee is baseball historian William Humber.

The induction will take place on June 16th in St. Mary’s Ontario.

We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the latest inductees to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.